Sharp County record., 1887-11-17
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

A HOSIERY varn-mill at Philadelphia,
occupied by H. s. Cratchard, John NJ
Sterling 81 Sons and Robert Taylor, was
burned on the ID. Loss, $1,000; partly
insured.
THE grand. jury investigation oil the
Amer Green lynching in Indiana re-
suited in report that they were unable
TO discover the names Of the lynchers, ana
n complete exoneration of the judge and
sheriff.
THE President has ordered the removal
of the headquarters of the Macklnac IN
dian agency from Flint to Sault Ste
Marie, Mich. r
A QUEBEC special of the 2d says: The
schooner Mary Victorie, which has been
missing for two weeks, capsized on Vhe
shoals at San Point, near Mlngan harDor'
and all on board were lost.
A Nova SCOTIA paper is Of opinion that
Mr.. Chamberlain's "slender-tle" argu-
ments may put Canada into serious
frame of mind on the subject of breaking
the tie and annexing to the United States.
The Secretary of War has decided that
Sunday and legal holidays are properly
TO be taken ont of the thirty days annual
leave of absence granted employees when
ever such DAYS fall within the time Tor
which leave is granted.
AN attempt was made on the "a to blo"
up the Carlton Club quarters in London
with dynamite Four persons are report
ed injured.
JOS. SMITH, capitalist, of Cincinnati,
made an assignment on tho Il 10 W. H.
Boyd. Assets $3.50, ,0)0 liabilities S2O1,oO'
The assets consist of $4,000 in real estate
and the rest in securities, most OF when
are hypothecated.
HEALTH OFFICER SMITH, of New YORK,
reported on the ID that there were three
children taken from the steamship Alesla
and transferred to the hospital. The case
of cholera taken from the same VeSsel OH
October 90 is reported to be convalescent
FIVE fishing tugs went out from lWe
Rivers, Wis, on the I'd, and carried pacR
the bodies of seventeen men ana t"o
women, who had been aboard the foun
dered propeller Vernon, making twenty
two bodies that have been recovered.
AT Steubenville, O., on the night OF
the ID, while John G. Beatty and MISS
Hattie Turner, both prominent society
people, were crossing the Pan Handle
railroad track, they were run down by
locomotive. Beatty was killed Instantly
and Miss Turner received injuries when
will cause death.
THE steam yacht Mohican, which
brought over a party of Scotcnman 10
witness the defeat of the Thistle, has been
fitted with her ocean rig at Tompkms-
vile, aud she will sail for winter cruise
in the West Indies on the 9th. Mr.. Iohn
Clark, her owner, and number OF nVit-
ed guests will be on board.
THE Bulgarian Sobranje has passed 9
bill providing for the coinage OF 3,OoO,o9O
francs to be nominally composed OF cop
per and nickel.
Mr.. SPURGEoN, in his formal letter OF
RESIGNATION from the English Baptist
Union, concludes by saying that 1t is use
less to ask him to reconsider his decision
to withdraw.
IT is reported that the position of first
assistant Secretary of State has been
rendered to L. Boyd Faulkner, of Martins
! pr,,-. Iu-rI-,,-, nj - -l,e-h has the nffar
| under serious consideration. The report
| can not be confirmed at the State Depart
ment, nor is it denied.
THE President and most of the members
| of his Cabinet are now bu5ily engaged II
the preparation of their annual reports to
Congress. Attorney General Garland has
finished his report, and it is now IN th'
|
| hands of the President.
THE Western Union Telegraph Com
pany filed certificate with the Secretary
| of State at Albany, N. Y, on the 2i, In
| creasng its capital 100000, raising the
total to S5,000,O0O. The company paid
SC. $50 into the State Treasury under the
Vedder law.
THE strike among coal miners, that has
been in operation at Evansville. Ind, ano
vicinity since the middle of September
has ceased, and all the mines are again in
operation. The miners failed to get the
price asked, but resumed work at three
cents ner bushel, the old rate.
CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE of the United
States Supreme Court was the recipient
by mail Especial delivery, on the 81, OF
an internal machine, the exploding wire
to which had become detached in transit
and thus preventing sad calamity when
it was opened. The police are Investigate
ing.
THE Grow Indians are reported to have
gone on the war-path.
The Ind diana & Illinois Southeastern
road is being changed from narrow tC
standard gauge.
IT was a leaky gaspipe, and not an Irish
dynamiter, that caused the explosion al
the Carlton Club, London, on the 2d.
THE Choctaw (I. T.) national council is
in session, and it is alleged the members
have been having hilarious old time OF
it.
BISMARCK has assured the Sultan that
Germany will consent to no scheme that
threatens the territorial integrity of
Turkey
1T is rumored that consolidation of the
st. Louis, Keokuk g. Northwestern and
the Chicago Burlington e. Kansas City
roads is probable.
GERMAN spies have been over in Russia
and CLEANED important information con-
cerning the condition of the army and the
frontier defenSes.
A FINDLANDER fell down the shaft at
the Cleveland mine at Ishpeming, Mich,
on the Sd, and sustained fatal injuries.
JUDGE PHILIP h. SPooNER, father of
United States Senator Spooner, Of Wis
consin, died on the 3d, at Madison, aged
seventy-six years. He had taken a promi-
nent part in the development of the North
west.